Age: Russia

Materials from Russia

Vasalisa and Her Magic Doll

By Book Importer | Published: April 5, 2011

A retelling of the old Russian fairy tale in which beautiful Vasalisa uses the help of her doll to escape from the clutches of the witch Baba Yaga.

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Peter and the Wolf

By Book Importer | Published: April 5, 2011

This book retells the orchestral fairy tale in which a boy ignores his grandfather’s warnings and captures a wolf with the help of a bird, a duck, and a cat.

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The King Who Tried to Fry an Egg on His Head

By Book Importer | Published: April 5, 2011

A poor and foolish king marries off his three daughters to the Sun, the Moon, and the Raven and then tries to copy their special talents.

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The Night Journey

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2011

Thirteen-year-old Rachel ignores her parents’ wishes and persuades her great-grandmother Nana Sashie to relate the story of her escape from czarist Russia. An ALA Notable Book. Simultaneous.

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Saving Zasha

By Book Importer | Published: February 14, 2011

In 1945 Russia, those who own German shepherds are considered traitors, but thirteen-year-old Mikhail and his family are determined to keep the dog a dying man brought them, while his classmate Katia strives to learn his secret. See the review at WOW Review, Volume 4, Issue 3

Other Descriptors: Europe, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Themes: , , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Brothers

By Book Importer | Published: February 8, 2010

Whether the rivalry is about territory, possessions, the biggest, or the most, anyone with a sibling will relate to the ongoing competition between these two canines. Taken to ridiculous heights, this series of situations with surprisingly human overtones illustrates their ongoing struggle to get along. It’s a rivalry that knows no bounds. Julius the Elder [...]

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The Darkest Evening

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Jake’s life is turned upside down when his father gets caught up in the Socialist fervor washing over their Finnish mining community in Minnesota. His father decides to move their family to a new, Finnish state inside the Soviet Union, a change that fills Jake with dread. Where his father dreams of creating a worker’s [...]

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The Fetch

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

Calder is a Fetch, a death escort, the first of his kind to step from HeavenAfter 350 years as a Fetch, or death escort, Calder breaks his vows and enters the body of Rasputin, whose spirit causes rebellion in the Land of Lost Souls while Calder struggles to convey Ana and Alexis, orphaned in the [...]

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Operation Siberian Crane: The Story Behind the International Efforts to Save an Amazing Bird

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

This book describes the cooperative effort by scientists in the Soviet Union and the United States to save the Siberian crane, with the support and aid of conservationists from other nations.

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Stones in Water

By Book Importer | Published: October 1, 2009

The day Roberto and his friend Samuele are rounded up by German soldiers and put on a train marks both a beginning and an end. The boys have now become part of the war, providing forced labor for the Nazis at various work camps deep inside German territory. And it’s the ending to all they’ve [...]

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